ST. GEORGE — A southern Utah man was sentenced this month to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding investors of more than $23 million over the last eight years.

Thomas Paul Madden, 67, of Washington, in Washington County, pleaded guilty in federal court in June to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of a plea agreement, three additional charges of wire fraud and one charge of money laundering conspiracy were dismissed.

Madden was sentenced on Nov. 12 to 100 months in prison plus two years of probation. He was also ordered to pay almost $14 million in restitution.

He and his associate Jeremy Grabow, from California, were investigated for defrauding victims in California, Colorado, Nevada and North Dakota. Grabow is scheduled to stand trial in May for

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